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TerminatedNCT03053765Updated Jun 9, 2022

Optimizing Fidelity of Interpersonal Psychotherapy

An interventional study of training in IPT in Depression, sponsored by University of Iowa. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 99 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-06-09.

Sponsored by University of Iowa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Why this study was terminated
Conflict of Interest (COI) cannot be managed

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 4 years after the study started (first participant enrolled Aug 2012, registered Aug 2016).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
115
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
21 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study is designed to develop and validate an instrument to measure quality and adherence to IPT for research and training purposes. The measure is now being used to evaluate training in IPT.

Read the detailed description

The study is a randomized trial comparing 4 different methods of follow-up training in IPT. Following initial 2-day training, participant therapists will be randomized to either individual supervision, group supervision, an internet-based training program, or autodidactic training. Participants will be followed for a year to determine their use of IPT, outcomes with patients, and adherence and quality of IPT in 4 case portfolios. The adherence measure for IPT developed in Phase I of the project is being used as the gold standard measure of IPT fidelity.

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Conditions studied

  • Depression

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In context

Depression

8,057 studies on the registry are indexed under Depression; 1,641 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 115 is above the median of 84 across 6,720 interventional studies indexed under Depression.

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Lead sponsor

University of Iowa is the lead sponsor of 276 studies on the registry; 35 are open to participants now.

Of its 44 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 39 (89%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
21 Years to 99 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Active and licensed therapist conducting psychotherapy treatment; naïve to training in IPT

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Inactive or not treating patients
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
115 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Individual Supervision in IPT

    Bi-weekly individual case supervision in IPT

    Other: training in IPT

  • Experimental
    Group Supervision in IPT

    Bi-weekly group supervision in IPT in groups of 4-6 therapists

    Other: training in IPT

  • Experimental
    Internet-Based Training in IPT

    Access to internet-based training in IPT to review information learned in initial 2-day training

    Other: training in IPT

  • No intervention
    Autodidactic Training in IPT

    Clinicians allowed access to training materials and can engage in self-study

Interventions

  • Othertraining in IPT

    Follow-up training in IPT to determine which best enhances fidelity

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. expert evaluation of conduct of IPT using IPT Quality and Adherence Measure

    The "IPT Quality and Adherence Measure" is the title of a single outcome measure used to assess clinicians performance of IPT

    Time frame: one year

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Iowa
    Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 9, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03053765
Lead sponsor
University of Iowa
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 15, 2017
Start date
Aug 3, 2012
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2020
Completion
Jan 31, 2020
Last update
Jun 9, 2022

Study contacts

Scott Stuart, MD
principal investigator · University of Iowa

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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